"Carmel Poppies" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-hunterr including an "Artist of the

including an "Artist of the Year

Unframed Woodcut on Paper 26" X 40"

Neil received his formal training at Massachusetts College of Art where he studied illustration

He works to convey light glancing on a surface to communicate the spirit of place of each singular American setting

"Carmel Poppies" by Gordon Mortensen - Limited Edition Landscape Reduction Woodblock Print cf-vendor-hunterr including an "Artist of the10" x 8" Unframed Woodcut on Paper Gordon Mortensen (b. 1938, American) is one of the best known reduction woodcut print artists working in the U. S today. He works from watercolor studies to understand the color dynamics needed for the woodcut. The artist uses up to sixty four colors and takes as long as three months to create the woodblock image. Although the final outcome has a painterly feel, it is unmistakably a woodcut with rich layered colors